197: Epitome of Ten Years of Development (Part 3)

The main Wizard Tower, Battle Axe Bar.

"Cheers!"

"Cheers..."

Green's group of good friends were drinking together again.

Having just finished a difficult study course, Wizard Green also just wanted to catch up with old friends and talk about life.

"Green, I haven't seen you out drinking for the past six months. This isn't like you; I remember you're someone who can't live without good food," Oakes teased. At old friends' gatherings, regardless of rank or status, the gap of being a Formal Wizard didn't diminish their friendship.

"No choice, Teacher Joyce is very strict..."

Green only showed his relaxed side in front of his childhood friends. Normally, he had to maintain the dignity of a Formal Wizard, unable to relax and always putting on airs when dealing with other wizards.

"To complete all the introductory courses of the legacy as soon as possible, I was forced to undergo a bitter half-year of seclusion. It's finally over. From now on, we can resume our happy life of monthly gatherings, haha..."

"Green, your matters are more important. You are now the pillar of our Plant Heart Academy. You can drink anytime, but this precious knowledge is not easy to acquire. Lord Joyce will be leaving soon, right? At this time, you should seize the opportunity even more and study hard."

Bigg said worriedly, while Oakes, Adler, and Allie also cast concerned glances... "Hahaha..."

"Don't worry, I'm not that unreliable."

"The fact that I can come out and have fun with everyone today means I've completed my study tasks. As for anything more, I can't learn much in a short time."

"Enough about that. How have you all been these past few years? I'm tired of looking at data and reports every day. I want to see your real lives. Has this decade of reform brought you any benefits? If there are any problems with the reform, you can all bring them up."

"Green, there are no problems. With your help over these 10 years, we have truly stood up. Although these 10 years have been tiring and tough, good days have not been lacking at all."

Bigg was the first to speak. As the saying goes, when one person attains enlightenment, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven. As a childhood friend and good friend of Lord Green, a Formal Wizard, how could he not receive covert care?

"Let me talk first. These 10 years, I've reached the peak of my life. My strength is stuck at Senior Intermediate Wizard Apprentice; there's nothing I can do about it, my aptitude isn't good enough, and I accept that. From now on, I'll honestly focus on raising the next generation."

"Now I've become a Advanced Magical Plant Cultivator, and I also work part-time as a Botany Mentor at the academy. I've also contracted a medium-sized Magical Plant Cultivation Garden. Thanks to you, Green, things have been smooth sailing. My annual income can exceed 100,000 magic stones, and I live a very comfortable life."

"That's great! Economic base determines the superstructure. When income increases, life has direction, doesn't it..."

"Yes, my grandson has been born now. Out of my 8 sons and 5 daughters, only 2 have wizard aptitude, and they are of the lowest grade, so it will be difficult for them to develop much in the future. I now hope that my sons can produce one or two descendants with good aptitude, so that the empire I've painstakingly built will have successors, right?"

..."Oh-ho..."

"That's impressive! You even have a grandson, Bigg. I remember you're a year younger than me, only 47 this year, and you've managed to have so many children. I'm impressed, truly impressed..."

"It's all thanks to you, Green. Now that I have money, the cost of raising children is nothing. Those children, from birth to 10 years old at Plant Heart Academy, would cost thousands of magic stones, but now it's all trivial to me, so naturally, I'll have as many as I can."

"When the children turn 10, those with wizard aptitude will enter the academy for training, and those without will be sent back to the mortal realm to spread their branches. I've even bought them a real earldom territory in the Motlan Grand Kingdom, so they won't be treated unfairly."

"Bigg, you're living a good life, with a wife, children, and a warm home. That's right, you have money, but you don't waste it. You save it to invest in future generations. In the future, our Plant Heart Academy will have another small wizard family. This is truly commendable."

"Yes, Bigg always gets ahead of us in everything. Who wouldn't envy such a good life? But my good life is coming soon too..." Oakes said with a chuckle.

"My wife is also pregnant and due in two months. I'm going to be a father too!"

..."Wow, Oakes..."

"You're so quiet, but you're moving fast! What, looking at your happy face, is the playboy going to transform into a gentle daddy?"

Green also teased him with a mischievous look:

"No choice, I made my own bed. This first child is a daughter, you know. I love daughters the most. From now on, I'll also be a man with a wife and child, so I definitely have to turn over a new leaf."

Oakes was still beaming with joy, looking completely like a doting father of a daughter.

"For these 10 years, I've served as Green's Chief Secretary, running back and forth for the academy's reform and opening-up efforts, and it's exhausted me. Overtime every day, overtime every day, but with such a heavy burden, I dared not relax for a moment..."

"Now it's good, the 10 years of great development are about to pass. I guess things will be a bit easier next. I also want to be like Bigg, have more children, enough for a whole class, to contribute to the development of our academy..."

"Haha, that's too much! A standard class in our academy is 40 people. If sister-in-law knew your thoughts, she'd definitely beat you to death."

"It doesn't matter. I've also reached the Senior Intermediate Wizard Apprentice stage and can't overcome the Mind Bottleneck. I'll never progress further. Those resources I've earned can't just be wasted, right? So, I need to have more children and plant more trees, accumulate more destiny for myself and my family, to bless my descendants to be smooth-sailing, with geniuses emerging one after another, and perhaps even a Formal Wizard."

..."Ah, I finally understand."

"Why have so many wizard families emerged in our Plant Heart Academy over the past 10 years? So everyone has the same idea. No wonder, no wonder, this Mind Bottleneck is truly harmful."

Green couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Green..."

"This Mind Bottleneck has its pros and cons, but I think, overall, the benefits of the Mind Bottleneck outweigh the drawbacks. In fact, from the perspective of the entire Wizard World, the Mind Bottleneck only has benefits left, no drawbacks at all."

At this moment, Allie, who had been quietly watching the big men bicker, spoke up.

"How so?"

"Has your New Era Wizard Seclusion Psychology school also studied this?"

Everyone looked at Allie's serene and beautiful face with curiosity. Allie was becoming more and more like a celestial maiden detached from worldly affairs.

Especially after she became a Formal Wizard!